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Personalizing employee engagement is critical to the success of a program. Making employees feel personally recognized and appreciated makes them feel that their individual contribution and impact on the organization truly matters and is noticed. Here are three ways to personalize employee engagement, and things to avoid:

A recent SHRM study shows that employee recognition is not just a theory; it's a key part of any company culture-building exercise. Employee recognition is something that HR teams should be looking at as a retention strategy to reduce employee turnover year-over-year at their organization. Here are three ways to celebrate employee recognition:

We all have stress on the brain. We are stressed, our families our stressed, and our jobs stress us out. Do you know the impact of stress on your workforce? We have some interesting stats to share on who is stressed, who is optimistic, and who’s stress is driving down their productivity and loyalty. This study, conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Foundation and the Harvard Opinion Research Program the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found the following: 

The flu is no laughing matter. Each year there are more than 111 million sick days taken from the flu which leads to 7 billion dollars in lost productivity. Flu season officially starts in October and ends in May, making summer the ideal time to start preparing your workforce. This can mean educating people on simple things they can do in order to stay healthy; like washing their hands throughout the day, carrying tissues, and drinking the recommended 64 ounces of water every day. So what can you, the employer do? Provide employee flu shots.

Employee loyalty can be considered a dying principle in today’s professional environment. However, all organizations are looking to increase employee loyalty and lower their turnover rate.